as in compensation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the widow now lives on a pension and an indemnity from her late husband's company
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The potential issue with this is that if the indemnity clause says the processor can’t be held accountable for anything and that processor sets up the merchant’s surcharging program, the merchant could be held liable if there’s a problem.
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Robert Day, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
There was the indemnity that France demanded from Haiti to recognize its independence, one that required most of Haiti’s wealth to go toward repaying the debt for a hundred and twenty-two years.
—Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Audit firms typically pay regulatory fines out of their own reserves because professional indemnity insurance generally doesn’t cover these penalties, said Clement Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Asia, 16 Sep. 2024
If Smotrich allows the bank indemnity to lapse when its extension expires in October, that could transform the Palestinian economy overnight into one that relies solely on cash, setting it back decades and further delegitimizing the PA.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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Robert Day, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
There was the indemnity that France demanded from Haiti to recognize its independence, one that required most of Haiti’s wealth to go toward repaying the debt for a hundred and twenty-two years.
—Roxane Gay, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
Audit firms typically pay regulatory fines out of their own reserves because professional indemnity insurance generally doesn’t cover these penalties, said Clement Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Asia, 16 Sep. 2024
If Smotrich allows the bank indemnity to lapse when its extension expires in October, that could transform the Palestinian economy overnight into one that relies solely on cash, setting it back decades and further delegitimizing the PA.
—Shira Efron, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2024
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“Indemnity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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